Swept By Miami: Amen for the Bye Week

Swept By Miami: Amen for the Bye Week

The Jets had 23 first downs. The Dolphins had 10. The Jets had 378 yards. The Dolphins had 104 yards. Yet, despite both statistically and realistically dominating the game…the Jets lost and that is all that matters. Why? They let up two kick returns for touchdowns and a Shonn Greene fumble bounced right into Jason Taylor’s arms and he took it back for a touchdown. Sometimes football just doesn’t make any sense, unless you are a Jets fan and accustomed to this type of thing.

Reading some fans reaction, everybody has jumped off the building on the season. Everybody is blaming the loss on Rex Ryan for his two point conversion decisions and Brian Schottenheimer for his play calling. It is funny because if you read the reactions at half time, they were calling for Mark Sanchez to be benched and how would that decision look now?

Brian Schottenheimer didn’t call a bad game. The Jets offense went up and down the field in the second half. They didn’t score on the final drive because Alan Faneca was beat and Sanchez made a rookie mistake by taking a sack, leaving the Jets with little more than a prayer on 4th and 13. It is probably fair to question the two point conversion decisions, but that isn’t why the Jets lost. Rex Ryan coached a great game on defense. Did you see what the Jets defense did to Miami today without Kris Jenkins? Don’t blame Rex…blame Danny Woodhead, Ryan Fowler, Donald Strickland, Jay Feely, and everybody else on the Jets coverage unit. Blame Shonn Greene for coughing up the football.

So in the end, I think Bart Scott said it best. Miami is awesome. They clearly showed today they have a better offense and defense than the Jets. They are probably going to compete for a Super Bowl. Watch out NFL, the 3-4 Miami Dolphins are coming and they got Chad Henne who racked up 120 yards passing today and was only sacked 5 times. They got Ronnie Brown who ripped off a ridiculous 27 yards on the ground and don’t forget Ricky Williams who also added an equally insane 27 yards. Devone Bess was a beast today with 18 yards receiving, and Greg Camarillo was like a young Randy Moss out there with 15 yards. Miami also has a scary good defense that allowed 22 second half points and a rookie quarterback to rack up three second half touchdowns on them.

“34. The Jets will enter their week 9 bye as a 4-4 team and not be considered a serious playoff contender.”

and this…

“35. Similar to the 2006 team, they will rally to a 6-2 finish and end up as a 10-6 wild card team.”

by doing this…

“36. They will either upset the Colts or Pats on the road in the second half of the season, not both. Their other second half loss will be at home to Atlanta…so yes, I am saying they win in Buffalo (aka Toronto), Tampa, and take care of the Panthers at home in the second half of the season.”

Do I still believe this? Yes, I can see it happening. If they learn how to tackle on a kick returns, why can’t they beat Jacksonville, Carolina, Tampa Bay, Buffalo (not factoring 5 INTs from Sanchez), or maybe the Colts with them resting their starters in week 16? I don’t know they might lose all their games, or they might win all of them (probably not). All I know, is I am exhausted and nauseous after watching the Jets lose in that fashion. It is a good time for the bye week and good time to get a little rest/mental stability away from this team.

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Joe Caporoso is the Owner and EIC of Turn On The Jets. His writing has been featured in the New York Times, Huffington Post, MMQB and AdWeek. Caporoso played football his entire life, including four years at Muhlenberg as a wide receiver, where he was arguably the slowest receiver to ever start in school history. He is the VP of Social Media at Whistle Sports
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